MsPurrmeow -> RE: In Love with all (7/12/2005 4:23:30 PM)
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There is a clear difference between loving people and wanting to have sex with them. If you just want to have sex with everyone that is much different than my definition of "love." (Yes, I understand that everyone would define it differently.) I do love many people, most people in fact. What I've learned, though, is that to keep myself mentally healthy and my family strong I must prioritize. I need to seek others to help less and less and focus on being with those that I have committed to more and more. Rather than volunteering and spending time building the community, sometimes I have to work on finding ways to spend that energy on a smaller group of people and building a reciprocal loving space. I know my aptitudes are not usually seen as "service-oriented", but I find a way to help people as far as they will allow me. For you, I would suggest working on yourself. Rather than spreading yourself thin over as many people as you can find, work on what you have and can improve that will increase the intensity in how you love and care for a smaller circle of people. It's a matter of mental health. Spreading yourself thin and feeding on your insecurities and neediness serves no one. Hurting yourself serves none of the people around you that you are desiring to help or give love to. Sometimes strengthening ourselves is the best gift we can give to others. I hope that helps... and yes, if you truly love to give, share and help others, I would personally refer to that as polyamory in my own book. On the other hand, if it's just about sex, then you need to look to someone else for help in defining yourself than I. Good luck
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